The ability of a country to establish its own government, economic, and social structures

The right to determine the health status of a nation

The right to determine the political parties of a nation

The ability of a country to establish a peaceful way to protest

Famines resulting from agricultural practices that emphasized the production of cash crops instead of food to feed the people

The racist attitudes and policies of the British that ignored traditional Indian culture

Involvement of Indian troops in both world wars without India's consent

The British's failure to construct of railways and other transportation/communication systems throughout India.

Refusing to cooperate with the British Government through civil disobedience

Leading armed uprisings against the authority of the British

Enlisting foreign help in driving the British from India

Requesting that the United Nations order the British to leave India

Nonviolent, non-cooperation with laws that are deemed unfair or harmful.

Disobeying direct orders during times of war, particularly Civil Wars.

Displaying the full power of the police force during times of political or social protest.

Refusing to listen to authority at all times regardless of what the laws are or who gets hurt in the process.

The subcontinent was divided into 2 countries based primarily on the location of religious majorities.

Many jobs were being outsourced overseas, so people moved with their jobs.

The government offered housing incentives in newly developed areas to increase the population of urban areas .

Religious pilgrimages to neighboring countries were required based on their beliefs.

The subcontinent was divided into 2 countries based primarily on the location of religious majorities.

The subcontinent was divided into 2 countries based primarily on the location of language patterns.

The subcontinent was divided into 2 countries based primarily on climate.

The subcontinent was divided into 2 countries based primarily on pressure from the USSR during the Cold War.

Colonialism

Pan-Africanism

Imperialism

Urbanization

The idea that peoples of African descent have common interests and should be unified whether they live inside Africa or around the world.

The idea that Africa should grow the most amount of wheat and distribute it to the world.

The idea that ALL of Africa should be colonized for the benefit of the industrialized powers of the world.

The idea that Africans should unite in order to colonize the rest of the world.

Desire not to offend former colonial rulers

Lack of natural resources

Lack of strong national leaders

Hostility between ethnic groups

Equality

Racial Segregation

Nativism

Economic Specialization

Apartheid

Partition

Decolonization

Neo-Colonialism

Religious extremism by Islamic fundamentalism and Orthodox Judaism

Competition between Arab socialism and Israeli capitalism

Arab nationalism and Jewish nationalism

Israeli technology and Saudi-Arabian economic goals

Divide Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab

Limit Jewish immigration to Palestine

Transfer control of the British mandate of Palestine to the United Nations

Send aid to Palestinian refugees in Jordan

Disagreements on the political status of the holy city of Mecca

Disagreements over the security measures necessary to protect Israel

Disagreements over the current borders between the states

Disagreements over the rights of Palestinian refugees to return

Conflicts due to religious or cultural differences

Food and water shortages

Hostility by former European rulers

Weak economies

The use of religion to impose authority from one country to another

Forcing a nation to accept communism

The control of less-developed countries by developed countries through indirect means

Take direct control of another land in as part of building a global empire.

Women were being denied political rights

Traditional values were being undermined by Western ideas

Israel had lost its influence in the Middle East

Religious leaders were becoming too powerful

A government where political law and religious law are the same

A government where separation of Church and State is the most important belief

A government where religion plays no part in the law-making process

A government where religion is outlawed completely

Anger over U.S. support of Israel

Anger over the U.S. decision to no longer buy oil from Middle Eastern nations

Frustration over continued U.S. military involvement in Middle Eastern nations, like in the Gulf War

A desire to counter Western influence in the Middle East and promote Islamic fundamentalist views

To remove the leader of North Korea from power because of the construction of nuclear weapons

To train U.S. soldiers to carry out acts of terror around the world to promote U.S. goals

To eliminate the threat of terrorism in the U.S. by promoting democracy in the Middle Eastern nations where terrorist groups were located

To invade Iraq in order to seize control of Iraqi oil fields for the United States

Saddam Hussein successfully hiding his weapons of mass destruction from UN investigators

Afghanistan falling into the control of the Soviet Union

Afghanistan became a fully independent nation with a democratically elected government

The Taliban regained control of the the country

The ability of a country to establish its own government, economic, and social structures

The right to determine the health status of a nation

The right to determine the political parties of a nation

The ability of a country to establish a peaceful way to protest